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咸水妹
xián​shuǐ​mèi

prostitute

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咸水妹 鹹水妹 xián​shuǐ​mèi
prostitute
(dialect) a prostitute who services foreigners, particularly associated with pre-revolutionary Shanghai or Guangdong; originally a loanword from English "handsome maid" meaning a beautiful maidservant.

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